What’s Up Net?

Since converting my home network to DHCP, I’ve been struggling to keep track of what devices/addresses are in use. Not because I’m poor at record keeping but rather because three teenage kids in the house like messing about with their PC / Hecksbox / Wii configurations. The following command came to my rescue. nmap -sP… Continue reading What’s Up Net?

Is it me or is it Linksys?

Well my project has stumbled at the first hurdle because I can’t get PPPoE to authenticate through my AM200 Modem. I suspect this is an issue with the AM200 itself rather than the PPPoE clients I’m using to do my testing. My reason for saying this is that I’ve tried WindowsXP, pfSense and Linux clients… Continue reading Is it me or is it Linksys?

Network Ponderings

I’m trying to solve a networking problem that sounds quite simple but I’m struggling for the answer. I have a Linksys AG241 which is a nice ADSL router. Nice that is except that the QoS on it doesn’t support prioritisation by address/subnet; a must with 3 children in the house. My proposed solution is to… Continue reading Network Ponderings

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Linksys AG241 – QoS issue

Linksys have done a nice job with the AG241 I’ve been running it in a non-NAT mode for a few months now and so far it’s performed very reliably. The only thing that prevents it from exactly meeting my needs is the rather crappy QoS support it has. The WRT54G and WRT54GS models include QoS… Continue reading Linksys AG241 – QoS issue

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More WRT54G woes

In a previous blog entry I described Linksys as my preferred source of SOHO router, then went on to rant about them changing specifications whilst retaining the same model number. Today I’ve uncovered yet another example of the mess they made of the WRT54G model. I’ve been suffering issues with SSH disconnects on just one… Continue reading More WRT54G woes

Broadband Access

“We’re sorry, all of our operators are currently busy. You are at queue postition 13.” When you lose broadband access, operate lots of services and need the Internet to do your job, queue postition 13 clearly is not a good place to be, and I seem to have spent a lot of time in this… Continue reading Broadband Access

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DLink DSL-G604T SNMP

I’ve been trying to use SNMP to monitor throughput on my DSL-G604T router. Since moving house I’m interested to know how much bandwidth the kids are eating with MS(bloody)N Messenger. The DSL-G604T supports SNMP, it says so in all the sales blurb. The reality is that whilst it has the functionality built in, it’s not… Continue reading DLink DSL-G604T SNMP

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Homeplug – First impressions

My Devolo 85Mb/s starter kit arrived this morning. Everything was nicely packaged and the two supplied cables are good quality shielded cat5e. I know it’s silly but little things like that impress me. The instructions come as a PDF file and I had no trouble skipping most of the blurb and getting straight to the… Continue reading Homeplug – First impressions

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Homeplug

My blog is turning into a shopping list! Next on the agenda is a HomePlug networking kit. The walls in the new house are much too thick for effective wireless connections, especially the run to the garage if I decide to stick my server out there to begin with. Homeplug allows me to network machines… Continue reading Homeplug